diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1511654c7e..960f510cba 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7429,6 +7429,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "datafusion-expr",
  "datatypes",
  "dotenv",
+ "either",
  "futures",
  "humantime-serde",
  "index",
diff --git a/src/mito2/Cargo.toml b/src/mito2/Cargo.toml
index bf80824dcf..81aa7f56ed 100644
--- a/src/mito2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/mito2/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ datafusion-common.workspace = true
 datafusion-expr.workspace = true
 datatypes.workspace = true
 dotenv.workspace = true
+either.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 humantime-serde.workspace = true
 index.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/mito2/src/compaction.rs b/src/mito2/src/compaction.rs
index ca50f6c6eb..d7437da43c 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/compaction.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/compaction.rs
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ impl CompactionScheduler {
                     picker_output: picker_output.clone(),
                     start_time,
                     waiters,
+                    ttl,
                 };
 
                 let result = remote_job_scheduler
diff --git a/src/mito2/src/compaction/compactor.rs b/src/mito2/src/compaction/compactor.rs
index 27aecd42f8..b8ed064cea 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/compaction/compactor.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/compaction/compactor.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use api::v1::region::compact_request;
 use common_meta::key::SchemaMetadataManagerRef;
 use common_telemetry::{info, warn};
 use common_time::TimeToLive;
+use either::Either;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use object_store::manager::ObjectStoreManagerRef;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ pub async fn open_compaction_region(
     req: &OpenCompactionRegionRequest,
     mito_config: &MitoConfig,
     object_store_manager: ObjectStoreManagerRef,
-    schema_metadata_manager: SchemaMetadataManagerRef,
+    ttl_provider: Either<TimeToLive, SchemaMetadataManagerRef>,
 ) -> Result<CompactionRegion> {
     let object_store = {
         let name = &req.region_options.storage;
@@ -197,16 +198,22 @@ pub async fn open_compaction_region(
         }
     };
 
-    let ttl = find_ttl(
-        req.region_id.table_id(),
-        current_version.options.ttl,
-        &schema_metadata_manager,
-    )
-    .await
-    .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        warn!(e; "Failed to get ttl for region: {}", region_metadata.region_id);
-        TimeToLive::default()
-    });
+    let ttl = match ttl_provider {
+        // Use the specified ttl.
+        Either::Left(ttl) => ttl,
+        // Get the ttl from the schema metadata manager.
+        Either::Right(schema_metadata_manager) => find_ttl(
+            req.region_id.table_id(),
+            current_version.options.ttl,
+            &schema_metadata_manager,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+            warn!(e; "Failed to get ttl for region: {}", region_metadata.region_id);
+            TimeToLive::default()
+        }),
+    };
+
     Ok(CompactionRegion {
         region_id: req.region_id,
         region_options: req.region_options.clone(),
diff --git a/src/mito2/src/engine/open_test.rs b/src/mito2/src/engine/open_test.rs
index f28b6c7177..7236fa41df 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/engine/open_test.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/engine/open_test.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use api::v1::Rows;
 use common_error::ext::ErrorExt;
 use common_error::status_code::StatusCode;
 use common_recordbatch::RecordBatches;
+use either::Either;
 use store_api::region_engine::{RegionEngine, RegionRole};
 use store_api::region_request::{
     RegionCloseRequest, RegionOpenRequest, RegionPutRequest, RegionRequest,
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ async fn test_open_compaction_region() {
         &req,
         &mito_config,
         object_store_manager.clone(),
-        schema_metadata_manager,
+        Either::Right(schema_metadata_manager),
     )
     .await
     .unwrap();
diff --git a/src/mito2/src/schedule/remote_job_scheduler.rs b/src/mito2/src/schedule/remote_job_scheduler.rs
index bfe31ef041..2de08b3ec0 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/schedule/remote_job_scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/schedule/remote_job_scheduler.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use common_telemetry::error;
+use common_time::TimeToLive;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use snafu::{Location, ResultExt, Snafu};
 use store_api::storage::RegionId;
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ pub struct CompactionJob {
     pub compaction_region: CompactionRegion,
     pub picker_output: PickerOutput,
     pub start_time: Instant,
+    pub ttl: TimeToLive,
     /// Send the result of the compaction job to these waiters.
     pub waiters: Vec<OutputTx>,
 }